quilting
I have always loved the look of quilts and wanted to learn how to make them. One day I was driving and passed a sign advertising Beginner's Quilting Lessons so I stopped and signed up!
The first quilt I made is considered a "Sampler Quilt" because we learned several techniques (one per week) and made a block using that technique. At the end of the 8 week class we sewed them all together to make a quilt top. It took me another year and a half to finish the quilt by hand.
The first quilt I made is considered a "Sampler Quilt" because we learned several techniques (one per week) and made a block using that technique. At the end of the 8 week class we sewed them all together to make a quilt top. It took me another year and a half to finish the quilt by hand.
The second quilt I made is called "The Wedding Quilt." Instead of having a guestbook, I asked all the guests to bring a piece of fabric to the reception. Over many, many months I created a heart out of each fabric piece and used a sewing machine to write the name of the family on the heart. I then taught myself how to do embroidery and added the words and the top and bottom of the quilt. Sewing everything by hand, I finally finished it after 4 years!
